A suspected suicide bombing today killed at least 11 people and wounded 43 others at a hotel near Islamabad’s Red Mosque, after religious students occupied the mosque and demanded the return of its pro-Taliban cleric.

Attackers on a motorbike set off a series of explosions early today at 18 Shell petrol stations in Pakistan’s troubled southern city of Karachi.

GUNMEN opened fire on a police post guarding the US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan yesterday, killing two policemen and injuring at least five others, police and hospital officials said.

GUNMEN entered the offices of a Christian welfare organisation in Karachi yesterday, tied office workers to their chairs and shot each of them in the head at close range, killing at least seven.

Armed police in Pakistan have recaptured a building which was being held by gunmen.

A Kenyan man who lost his mobile called the number from his landline and his dog's stomach started ringing.